SDA Hymnal 125
Joy to the World
Words: Isaac WattsMusic: George F. HandelTune: AntiochCM
1Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
2Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
3No more let sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
4He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
- Words
- Isaac Watts
- Music
- George F. Handel
- Tune
- Antioch
- Meter
- CM
- Scripture
- Psalm 98
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.6.9.7.7.10 · the hymnal prints CM
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 61% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABABBB
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